Rhetorical Analysis Of Star Wars

The book Religion and Film compares the beginning of every Star Wars film to Genesis 1:1 in the Christian bible, in that the reader/viewer is transported immediately into the realm of myth. “A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” prefaces the films, which has the same effect as “In the beginning, …”, according to Plate (28). The vague time and

to destroy the Death Star is made. Luke is chased by Vader and Solo comes to the

Close connections can be made from Greek Mythology into pop culture, especially into fictional stories such as Star Wars. Introduced to the world in 1977, Star Wars was a cultural phenomenon that took the whole world by storm. It broke new ground in cinematic storytelling, visual effects, and what a director could do with a film, paving the way for many other great films to come. The world of Star Wars is also rich with history and lore, and a lot of that can be connected to Greek Mythology. Two main characters in Star Wars are Luke and Leia Skywalker, twins who are separated at birth but eventually reunite on their journeys to defeat the dark side.

Can two items be drastically different, but still attract a large audience? Most people would say yes, but is this limited to television programs? It’s definitely not, nor is it limited to the ownership by the same company. Star Wars productions with completely different aspects receive a great amount of popularity all the time. Star Wars the Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, while similar in many ways, are vastly different programs. Star Wars the Clone Wars is an animated television program that was released in 2008 on cartoon network. While Star Wars Rebels is also an animated program, but was release in 2014 on Disney Channel. Despite their differences, the two shows are immensely popular and will create a legacy in the Star Wars universe. Most notably, the Clone Wars and Rebels differ in animation, improvement as time went on, and their length, yet the two come together to form a fan favorite production.

Taking the bad in with the good, although you may be the perfect classification in order to be targeted in todays society. How you’re classified is based on things such as a persons race, intellect, social class, and appearance. A 2009 film, The Blind Side, written and directed by John Lee Hancock stars, Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw, is based on a true story. This movie tells a story that truly depicts simple acts of kindness that has the capability to change a persons life.

The Star Wars franchise has been a beloved series from Lucas Films since the first movie aired in 1977. Since then, the directors have composed a saga of movies that are dramatic and awe inspiring to the audience. In order to perceive what makes these films so popular to the audience, we must analyze the techniques used in one of the saga’s latest installments, Star Wars: Rogue One. This film was an installment meant to be set in the time period between Star Wars 3: The Return of the Sith, and Star Wars 4: A New Hope. The film pictures the events that happened in order to receive the plans for the Death Star, and interstellar spacecraft designed to be capable of destroying entire planets. (could

“Do or do not,” says Yoda, in the acclaimed science fiction movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, “there is no try” (Empire). This quote is perhaps the most famous of the character’s, and perhaps one of the most famous in the whole franchise. It highlights an idea that the scene perpetuates: the fact you intend to do something doesn’t matter, only whether or not it is done. This is not a perfect metaphor for the application of knowledge, but it fits in rather easily. Without an effect, an application, all you have is abstract knowledge – that trying that Yoda denies – and in that way value has been diminished. Two areas of knowledge which especially highlight the values and limitations of that claim are the natural sciences and religion.

Heroes are seen all around us, in life, literature, and movies. Heroes like Superman, Captain America, and Thor are common, but have you ever thought of Luke Skywalker as an archetypal hero? Luke Skywalker is an aspiring young Jedi Knight, who is called to the quest of defeating the empire in the movie Star Wars IV: A New Hope, written and directed by George Lucas. Luke Skywalker demonstrates certain characteristics before, during, and after his quest that makes him an archetypal hero.

The hero’s story typically begins in a relatively normal situation before receiving a call to head off into the unknown, this is known as the call to adventure. In A New Hope we find Luke living the life of a “typical” moisture farmer. Although he dreams of doing bigger things, he is constantly needed by his Uncle Owen to help with the harvest. This normalcy comes to a halt when R2-D2 arrives on the homestead with a message from Princess Leia reading "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope,". Luke may not realize it, but his life has changed. When Luke meets Kenobi, he is asked to join him on a quest to Alderaan to aid the rebellion. But Luke, worried about his responsibility to his uncle and his moisture farm, tells Kenobi that he has no business going out on some galactic mission with a random old man he just met. This is known as the refusal of the call. In most myths, the hero refuses to leave the

George Lucas or the man I hope we would know by now as the creator of Star Wars, in various occasions has credited Campbell’s theory of the monomyth as the inspiration for his intergalactic series of films. It is quite easy to pick out many of the structures of a monomyth within the films. Often this popular example is used in classrooms when teaching the monomyth since it makes it easily relatable to younger audiences. By 1975 George Lucas had written two drafts for Star Wars and even though they were already written up and completed he felt they were lacking. He knew his drafts lacked

In 1977 an amazing, adventure filled, science fiction film was released by director George Lucas, starting one to many obsessions called Star Wars. It was the first of many episodes to come, they named it Episode 4- A New Hope. In the beginning it shows the Rebel forces being attacked by the Empire on a spaceship to receive plans that the Rebels have came up with. A princess whose name is Leia was in a hurry to make sure they do not take the plans so she puts them, and a recording of her explaining what they are, in a little robot names R2D2; she then puts him and his robot friend C3PO on an escape pod and blasts them out of the spaceship which gets notified to Darth Vader, the one leading the Empire's attack, but he thinks nothing of it because

After they get back on the Millennium Falcon, the young hero goes to Yavin 4, a planet that is home to one of the main military bases of the Rebel Alliance. This fulfills the return of the hero step the Propp proposes. After being acquainted with the rest of the Rebel Alliance leaders, they have to find out a plan to defeat the Empire. Within the plan that Leia smuggled out of the Death Star, they find that the Death Star has a weak spot that will set off a self destruct sequence. Set with this difficult task, Luke and the rest of the rebellion take off to go to put the plan in

A New Hope first introduces Luke on a sandy desert on the treacherous planet of ¨Tatooine¨ where he is accompanied by R2-D2 a highly intelligent droid, and C-3P0 who is also a brilliant droid that can

Since it is Star Wars mania, I will talk about a film that has meant so much to me personally and why I consider this film to be the greatest film of all time. The Empire Strikes Back and I have a long history--from when I was a kid to my re-awakening of its greatness in 2004 (my greatest film experience of all time), it has always been a part of my life. I remember first seeing Empire (1980 version) on a pan-and-scan VHS tape on a 10 inch screen (yes they had TV’s that small back then) and being disappointed that it did not match the zany pop humor of A New Hope (What was I thinking, really!). However, flash- forward to the time when they re-aired Empire on the FOX channel in celebration of the 1997 special edition versions of the trilogy; the restoration was phenomenal, to say the least. Once I tuned in and saw the carbonite-freezing scene, I was

I awoke in my bed, hearing my phone go off. I pressed the green button in the middle wearily. “ HEY!” the phone seemed to scream at me. It was just my friend Paul, thank goodness. Even though he was two years younger than me, he was still a good friend. “ Are you up? Come on, kid! I’ve got a surprise for you!” I got dressed, fixed my hair, and ran out the door. Paul, was standing there with the story that we had written together a few weeks ago. I wondered why, but the thought raced away when she spoke: “You’re NEVER going to believe this, Kiana! Our story is going to be made into a MOVIE!” My eyes widened, my smile was so big my face hurt. “ You're kidding!” I joked. Paul smiled even bigger. “ You betcha! You know I’ve got George Lucas’s email, right?” I nodded. George Lucas was the one who had written and directed all the original Star Wars movies. Me and